Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and they were actually bringing on there own unemployment . |
| 2 | The 90-page report by district auditor Paul Claydon concluded : ‘ There has been a succession of failings touching on almost every directorate within the council . |
| 3 | A thunderous , psychedelicious affair , ‘ The Storm ’ floats along on the ghostly groove , touching on early '80 's electro pop , a late-'80s dance feel and even the danker ends of the late-'60s trip , while the B-side offers a spruced-up version of The Rolling Stones ' ‘ She 's A Rainbow ’ . |
| 4 | A thunderous , psychedelicious affair , ‘ The Storm ’ floats along on the ghostly groove , touching on early '80 's electro pop , a late-'80s dance feel and even the danker ends of the late-'60s trip , while the B-side offers a spruced-up version of The Rolling Stones ' ‘ She 's A Rainbow ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's goin' on here ? ’ asked Den impatiently . |
| 6 | ‘ I wonder what 's goin' on there ? ’ |
| 7 | The police raided the Crown in Dock'ead an' stopped the boxin' that was goin' on there , an' they nicked a lot o' street bookies who was there at the time . |
| 8 | Because there 's so much tribulation goin' on now . |
| 9 | ‘ I know what 's goin' on so that 's not the reason she sends me away . |
| 10 | This is a book that will interest philosophers rather than scientifically minded laymen , who may become impatient with too much general discussion resting on too little reliable research . |
| 11 | This CD features 10,000 colour and black and white pictures of people from the world of sport , theatre , politics , art , religion and music and is designed to make picture research less demanding on both time and resources . |
| 12 | I do n't think Conrad was latching on properly , but I must admit breastfeeding did confuse me . |
| 13 | So much detail is now accumulating on so wide a range of taxonomic groups that a mini-theory can be erected for virtually every one of them . |
| 14 | learn how to locate information in books and , where available , databases , sometimes drawing on more than one source , and how to pursue an independent line of enquiry . |
| 15 | I 'd really like to take my singing on further . |
| 16 | Under PNP , schools have been able to break away from the traditional conception of primary school professional life centring on just two roles : those of head and class teacher . |
| 17 | catching on reasonably well for the time of the year ? |
| 18 | In the experience of the author , the idea of the scheme is catching on very widely , and the theories running through it are rubbing off on traditional conveyancing practice in the commercial area . |
| 19 | You 're catching on quite smartly . ’ |
| 20 | I can see you 're catching on quickly . |
| 21 | We are , indeed , reflecting on precisely that proposition . |
| 22 | With Masklin hanging on grimly , Grandson Richard pushed his way through the throng . |
| 23 | Aldridge , hanging on grimly , said , ‘ Does it get any worse ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I can understand you hanging on here instead of coming back to Berlin . |
| 25 | But United embarked on what Mr Ferguson dubbed ‘ kamikaze football ’ against City and ended up hanging on desperately for a point . |
| 26 | ‘ What did he say ? ’ said Masklin , hanging on tightly to the sweater . |
| 27 | Eurotunnel appears to be hanging on only by the skin of its teeth . |
| 28 | D H S S , because very often , they either ca n't get telephone boxes working , or they 're hanging on so long that they do n't have enough money |
| 29 | It was hanging on so I had to take it off they are a bloody nuisance them racks you know , dangerous |
| 30 | Clients who rang in during telephone bingo would be kept hanging on indefinitely . |